This report shows the 2017 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
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| 351 | Food Technology | Moffatt, Claudia | 9 | Marian Catholic College Kenthurst | Kenthurst |
| 352 | Food Technology | Warren, Julia | 9 | Montgrove College | Orchard Hills |
| 353 | French Beginners | Clarke, Annie | 1 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 354 | French Beginners | Llavore, Alyssa Bernice | 2 | Parramatta High School | Parramatta |
| 355 | French Beginners | Brewer, Clare Maree | 3 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 356 | French Beginners | McEwan, Emily | 4 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 357 | French Beginners | Curley, Tahlia Elise | 5 | Springwood High School | Faulconbridge |
| 358 | French Continuers | Butler, Emma Marie | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 359 | French Continuers | Zhao, Shiyi | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 360 | French Continuers | Xu, Jingxin (Annie) | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 361 | French Continuers | Maurency, William | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 362 | French Continuers | Xu, Caroline | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 363 | French Extension | Newman, Bronte Halstead | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 364 | French Extension | Chami, Marc | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 365 | French Extension | McHugh, Max Lucy | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 366 | French Extension | Schoff, Jasper | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 367 | French Extension | Dodd, Hamish | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 368 | Geography | Small, Owen | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 369 | Geography | Francis, Jessica | 2 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 370 | Geography | Morris, Isabella | 3 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 371 | Geography | Henville, Jacqueline Anne | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 372 | Geography | Davis, Meagan Emily | 5 | Bellingen High School | Bellingen |
| 373 | Geography | Wu, James | 6 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 374 | Geography | Hennings, Stephanie Emma | 7 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 375 | Geography | Mee, Elizabeth | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 376 | Geography | Geokjian, Anita | 9 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 377 | Geography | Carracher, Izac | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 378 | German Beginners | DeWaal, Andrea | 1 | Wade High School | Griffith |
| 379 | German Beginners | Sims, Rohan Patrick | 1 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 380 | German Beginners | Loxley Slump, Zoe | 3 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 381 | German Beginners | Powell Thomas, Gabriela Belen | 4 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 382 | German Beginners | Bendit-Rosser, Zara | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 383 | German Continuers | Zha, Angela | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 384 | German Continuers | Odins-Jones, Nelson | 2 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 385 | German Continuers | Small, Owen | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 386 | German Continuers | Roth-Douglas, Alea | 4 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 387 | German Continuers | Witts, Stephen | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 388 | German Extension | Zha, Angela | 1 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 389 | German Extension | Hopkinson, Isabel | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 390 | German Extension | Wang, Joshua | 3 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
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| 391 | German Extension | Whitehead, Hal Brock | 4 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 392 | German Extension | Sampson, Timothy Noah | 5 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 393 | Hindi Continuers | Charde, Pratyush | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 394 | Hindi Continuers | Saini, Naetik | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 395 | Hindi Continuers | Patel, Jaykumar | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 396 | Hindi Continuers | Virmani, Vedant | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 397 | Hindi Continuers | Kalra, Agnat | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 398 | History Extension | Ainsworth-Grace, Cassidy | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 399 | History Extension | Xiao, Annie | 2 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 400 | History Extension | Monardo, Isabella Marie Teresa | 3 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 401 | History Extension | Twibill, Nathan | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 402 | History Extension | Reddick, Anne Mae | 5 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
| 403 | History Extension | Kaine, Hannah | 6 | All Saints Catholic Senior College | Casula |
| 404 | History Extension | Riley, Eden Marley Grace | 6 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 405 | History Extension | Gahan, Isabel Monique | 8 | Hennessy Catholic College | Young |
| 406 | History Extension | Park, Lauren Dongyoung | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 407 | History Extension | Li, Chenyue | 10 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | Grant, Emma | 1 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Sato Hui, Kaoru Fun | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | Ellis, Elizabeth | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | Towers, Emily | 3 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Chin, Alyssa Kai Ling | 5 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 413 | Hospitality Examination | Masters, Kate | 6 | Riverside Girls High School | Gladesville |
| 414 | Hospitality Examination | Donoghoe, Brooke | 7 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 415 | Hospitality Examination | Wen, Kellie Hua | 7 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 416 | Hospitality Examination | Wilson, Elizabeth | 9 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 417 | Hospitality Examination | Zuvela, Marina | 9 | Marian Catholic College Kenthurst | Kenthurst |
| 418 | Human Services Examination | Schroder, Natalie | 1 | Winmalee High School | Winmalee |
| 419 | Human Services Examination | Phipps, Annaliese | 2 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 420 | Human Services Examination | Nguyen, Cecilia Vy Dan | 3 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 421 | Human Services Examination | Kayatz-Monahan, Nikki | 4 | Picnic Point High School | Picnic Point |
| 422 | Human Services Examination | Spear, Megan Paige | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 423 | Hungarian Continuers | Szabolcsik, Renata Bettina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 424 | Hungarian Continuers | Harasta, Daniel | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 425 | Hungarian Continuers | Toth, Zsofia (Sophia) | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 426 | Hungarian Continuers | Balogh, Olivia | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 427 | Indonesian and Literature | Nugraha, Patrick Bryan | 1 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 428 | Indonesian and Literature | Tjan, Timothy | 2 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 429 | Indonesian and Literature | Aberima, Fiona | 3 | IPEKA Integrated Christian School | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 430 | Indonesian Beginners | Mansfield, Kamala Manjari | 1 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 431 | Indonesian Beginners | Wan, Kah Wai | 2 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 432 | Indonesian Beginners | Gilling, Ciaran | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 433 | Indonesian Beginners | Siagian, Jessica Rose | 4 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 434 | Indonesian Beginners | Clarke, Georgina | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 435 | Indonesian Continuers | Kokic, Julia Alice | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 436 | Indonesian Continuers | Choo, Zhilin | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 437 | Indonesian Continuers | Taylor, Kaitlin Brenna | 3 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 438 | Indonesian Continuers | Blonner, Marika Noriko | 4 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 439 | Indonesian Continuers | Hotston-Jones, Angelica Putri | 5 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 440 | Indonesian Extension | Kokic, Julia Alice | 1 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 441 | Indonesian Extension | Taylor, Kaitlin Brenna | 2 | Macarthur Anglican School | Cobbitty |
| 442 | Indonesian Extension | Powell, Bronte Rose | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 443 | Indonesian Extension | Brown, Nara | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 444 | Indonesian in Context | Salsabila, Shafana | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | O'Brien, Alex Patrick | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 446 | Industrial Technology | Neville, Ethan George | 2 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 447 | Industrial Technology | Dawson, Brady James Austin Dillon | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 448 | Industrial Technology | Bowen, James | 4 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 449 | Industrial Technology | Howlett, Thomas William | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 450 | Industrial Technology | Parekh, Rushad | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 451 | Industrial Technology | Jajcevic, Daniel | 7 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 452 | Industrial Technology | Tasho, Samuel John | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 453 | Industrial Technology | Piper, Izaac William | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 454 | Industrial Technology | Wilcox, Zane Robert | 10 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 455 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Lendoudis, Napoleon | 1 | Holsworthy High School | Holsworthy |
| 456 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Swain, Matthew | 2 | Muirfield High School | North Rocks |
| 457 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Thorn, Lachlan | 2 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 458 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Tinley, Zachary Jesse | 4 | Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College | Fletcher |
| 459 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Brien, Justin | 5 | St Pauls Catholic College Greystanes | Greystanes |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Fang, Kevin Si Yu | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Cui, Colin | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 462 | Information Processes and Technology | Beocanin, Marko | 3 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 463 | Information Processes and Technology | Gold, Fiona | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 464 | Information Processes and Technology | Shi, Ran | 5 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 465 | Information Processes and Technology | Siu, Kwun Hang Cedric | 6 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 466 | Information Processes and Technology | Lin, Simon | 7 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 467 | Information Processes and Technology | Attard, Nathan | 8 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 468 | Information Processes and Technology | Cai, Alexander | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 469 | Information Processes and Technology | Feng, William Qi Hao | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 470 | Italian Beginners | Shuttleworth, Sophie Jane | 1 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 471 | Italian Beginners | Pitteri, Ella Louise | 2 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 472 | Italian Beginners | Cheng, Amy | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 473 | Italian Beginners | Ding, Anna | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 474 | Italian Beginners | Coombes, Nina | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 475 | Italian Continuers | Paxton, Ines Francesca | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 476 | Italian Continuers | Pizzardello, Michael | 2 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 477 | Italian Continuers | Revere, Annabelle Carolina | 3 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 478 | Italian Continuers | Brigo, Sofia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 479 | Italian Continuers | Haynes, Briony Margaret | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 480 | Italian Continuers | Sawhney, Saras | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 481 | Italian Extension | Paxton, Ines Francesca | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 482 | Italian Extension | Haynes, Briony Margaret | 2 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 483 | Italian Extension | Sawhney, Saras | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 484 | Italian Extension | Dominguez Demichelli, Durcy Carolina | 4 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 485 | Italian Extension | Loane, Marcus | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 486 | Japanese and Literature | Masutani, Satoko | 1 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 487 | Japanese and Literature | Seo, Yuri | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 488 | Japanese and Literature | Takahashi, Ayami | 2 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 489 | Japanese and Literature | Jacobsson, Emily | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 490 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Rayoung | 1 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 491 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Jing (Francine) | 2 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 492 | Japanese Beginners | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 493 | Japanese Beginners | Yang, Won Suk | 3 | St Augustines College | Brookvale |
| 494 | Japanese Beginners | Ge, Xinyang | 5 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 495 | Japanese Continuers | Zheng, Tianyue | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 496 | Japanese Continuers | Chen, Jenny | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 497 | Japanese Continuers | Bocks, Laura | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 498 | Japanese Continuers | Seberry, Gabrielle | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 499 | Japanese Continuers | Newman, Bronte Halstead | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 500 | Japanese Extension | Seberry, Gabrielle | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 501 | Japanese Extension | Lu, Cindy | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 502 | Japanese Extension | Yu, Sun | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 503 | Japanese Extension | Song, Nina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 504 | Japanese Extension | Wu, Rachel | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 505 | Japanese in Context | Yamazaki, Sally | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 506 | Japanese in Context | Aoki, Karera Layla | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 507 | Japanese in Context | McRae, Madeline Shihori | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 508 | Japanese in Context | Tang, Jennifer | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 509 | Japanese in Context | Sugimoto, Keita | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 510 | Korean and Literature | Choi, Wooyeon (Elise) | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 511 | Korean and Literature | Bae, Yura | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 512 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Soolin | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 513 | Korean and Literature | Son, In Ho | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 514 | Korean and Literature | Lee, Yedam | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 515 | Korean Beginners | Karri, Sneha | 1 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 516 | Korean Beginners | Yong, Catherine | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 517 | Korean Beginners | Asma, Jennifer Anne | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 518 | Korean Beginners | Lu, Jessica | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 519 | Korean Beginners | Mateo, Bianca Isabel | 5 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 520 | Korean Continuers | Lui, Pricilla | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 521 | Korean Continuers | Bakiris, Angela | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean Continuers | Liang, Karen | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Continuers | Wagley, Shivashree | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Korean in Context | Lee, Hee Won | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 525 | Korean in Context | Ko, Jinyoung (Julia) | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 526 | Korean in Context | Tae, Joanne Cho Ae | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 527 | Korean in Context | Jeon, Byeonggeon | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 528 | Korean in Context | Park, Tae In | 4 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 529 | Latin Continuers | Larkin, Hebe | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 530 | Latin Continuers | Ryan, Patrick | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 531 | Latin Continuers | Li, Vanessa Sihui | 3 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 532 | Latin Continuers | Stephenson, Edwina | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 533 | Latin Continuers | Hou, Christy | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 534 | Latin Extension | Ryan, Patrick | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 535 | Latin Extension | Wang, Chuyi | 2 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 536 | Latin Extension | Larkin, Hebe | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 537 | Latin Extension | Stephenson, Edwina | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 538 | Latin Extension | Ma, Anthony Bruce | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 539 | Legal Studies | Zou, Kevin Tinwing | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 540 | Legal Studies | Preketes-Tardiani, Renee Ellen | 2 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 541 | Legal Studies | Qiao, Wenjing | 3 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 542 | Legal Studies | Moussa, Sammy | 4 | De La Salle College Revesby Heights | Revesby Heights |
| 543 | Legal Studies | Huynh, Chelsea | 5 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Gerardi, Isabella | 6 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Truong, Vivian | 6 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Panagiotopoulos, Nicholas | 8 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Jeggannagari, Adarsh | 9 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Lorschy, Joshua | 10 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Van Duinen, Gabriel | 10 | Australian International School Singapore | Singapore |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Diamandis-Nikoletatos, Elly | 12 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023